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On Debate Day, MRC founder and president L. Brent Bozell appeared on the Fox Business program Varney & Co. to discuss our latest research into ABC News coverage of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. On moderator David Muir's newscast World News Tonight, MRC's Rich Noyes found Harris drew 100 percent positive coverage (not including soundbites of partisans) and Trump's coverage was 93 percent negative (by the same measure).  Fox host Stuart Varney said, "That doesn't sound like it’s going to be a fair debate. What do you say?"   BOZELL: This is ABC, not necessarily David Muir. This is ABC, the network -- and 93% negative on Donald Trump 100% positive to Kamala Harris. Why the Trump campaign agreed to do this debate on ABC, I simply don't understand. Because It's the worst, it’s the absolute worst network. The question is can David Muir be fair, tough, and even-handed in the debate? I’ll give you an example of how easy it is to do it. Everyone is focused on immigration right now. If I were David Muir, I would turn to Donald Trump and say, “President Trump, you have advocated returning illegals back to Mexico. Explain yourself.” And when he did, turn to Kamala Harris and say “Vice President Harris, what's your response to that?”. Then turn to Vice President Harris and say “You've advocated de-criminalizing people crossing the border illegally, explain yourself.” Then turn to Donald Trump and say “President Trump, respond.” Now this is just very simple and that would be a fantastic debate if they were to do it that way. Unfortunately, if past is prologue, it’s not going to happen. Then Varney posited: “You can skew the debate by the issues you choose. I'd expect ABC tonight to skew heavily in favor of abortion. Several abortion questions because they think that's a strong suit of Kamala Harris and skew the debate like that.” Bozell responded that abortion is not an issue that most Americans care about (or prioritize), compared to other radical stands Harris has taken we found in our MRC poll of Biden voters, both Democrats and independents: BOZELL: If you want to address what the American people, what the voters care about – if you were looking at issues where the American people don't have a clear understanding, especially Democrats – 71 percent don’t know she supports the defunding of police, 73% don't know she endorsed the Green New Deal, 81% don't know she wanted to eliminate private health insurance. It goes down the list,  issue by issue by issue. She's a radical liberal. Now, if that were established and the Democrats and American people were to say, good, because we are too. She wins the presidency and that's democracy. Or the American people might be shocked by her radicalism. That’s the role of a debater – moderator, to bring that out of the candidates, let them know exactly where they stand.

Vice President Kamala Harris may already have an edge in Tuesday's presidential debate. A new study conducted by the Media Research Center found that ABC's flagship primetime news show, "World News Tonight," has not been critical of Harris since she entered the presidential race in July. 'That computes to a gravity-defying 100% positive spin score for the vice president.' Specifically, MRC analysts studied every campaign story that aired on "World News Tonight" from July 21, the day Harris entered the race, to Sept. 6. They found that every statement made about Harris and her campaign from ABC anchors, reporters, voters, and other nonpartisan sources were "clearly positive." Every. Single. One. "That computes to a gravity-defying 100% positive spin score for the vice president," the MRC reported. On the other hand, the network has been extremely critical of Donald Trump. ABC anchor David Muir (Heidi Gutman/ABC via Getty Images) The study found that over the same time period, ABC's "World News Tonight" aired only five "clearly positive" comments about Trump, compared to 66 negative comments. That means while 100% of the comments about Harris were positive, a whopping 93% of comments about Trump were negative. More from the MRC:Our measure of good press/bad press omits partisan comments, as well as 'horse race' assessments about the candidates’ poll standings and prospects. So while viewers of ABC’s World News Tonight certainly heard negative comments about Harris during these past six-and-a-half weeks, all of them were from Trump, his campaign team, or other Republicans — never from reporters or nonpartisan sources.At the same time, while our spin score similarly excludes all Democratic soundbites about the Republican nominee, ABC’s reporters and anchors either jumped in to criticize Trump themselves, or broadcast negative comments from non-partisan sources to impart a heavily negative spin to the former President’s coverage.But what about NBC and CBS? Analysts found that while each network's coverage of Trump was overwhelmingly negative (77% at CBS and 86% at NBC), both networks are more willing to criticize Harris.For example, while ABC, according to the MRC, hasn't described Harris as a "liberal" — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) believes Harris remains an ideological progressive — both NBC's "Nightly News" and CBS' "Evening News" have correctly described Harris as liberal and progressive. Each network show, moreover, has aired interviews with voters critical of Harris, something ABC's primetime newscast has not done. Additionally, the analysis found that CBS and NBC are willing to broadcast controversies involving Harris, while ABC is not. But of course, ABC criticizes Trump and his perceived controversies. The analysis is significant — and telling — because not only is ABC News hosting the debate between Trump and Harris, but "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir is one of the debate moderators. The debate is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET, taking place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Like the debate between Trump and President Joe Biden in June, there will be no live audience at this debate. Each candidate is also prohibited from using pre-written notes — though they can use a pen and notepad during the debate — and candidates cannot confer with advisers during commercials.The biggest holdup regarding debate rules came from Harris, who wanted unmuted microphones. At the previous debate, each candidate's mic was muted when it was not his turn to speak. Harris' campaign believes Harris will be "fundamentally disadvantaged" with muted microphones. It is believed that Harris sought unmuted microphones because she wants to recreate a moment from her vice presidential debate with Mike Pence in 2020, when she chastised him for interrupting her.Currently, there is not an agreement for an additional debate, although Trump has pledged to debate Harris three times.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!